Beacon awards

About The Beacon Scheme

The Beacon Scheme is an annual award scheme run for local government by the IDeA (Improvement and Development Agency) and the department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) to authorities that demonstrate clear vision, excellent services and a willingness to innovate in the themes for which they are nominated.

The idea of disseminating, sharing and spreading good practice is at the heart of the Beacon Scheme. Successful authorities receive funding to produce materials and events to share what they do with other authorities.

Tower Hamlets currently holds Beacon Status for Reducing re-offending.

Our Beacon awards

Tower Hamlets has won seven Beacon awards in the past six years, demonstrating excellence and innovation in many different service areas. Our Beacon record is as follows:

• 2008/09 Reducing re-offending (Current Beacon year)
• 2007/08 School improvement (pdf 101k)
• 2006/07 Early intervention: Children at risk (word 306k)
• 2005/06 Getting closer to communities (word 110k)
• 2005/06 Promoting racial equality (word 322k)
• 2004/05 Supporting social care workers (word 327k)
• 2003/04 Community cohesion (word 140k)

More information

Current Beacon - reducing re-offending (2008/09)

If you are an organisation who would like to find more about the work we have done to achieve Beacon status, or would like to participate in a learning activity as part of our current Beacon round, please contact:
Amy Jones - Excellence co-ordinator
Strategy and performance team
6th Floor, Mulberry Place
East India
E14 2BG
Tel: 0207 354 4320
Fax: 0207 364 4676
beacon@towerhamlets.gov.uk